“Burlesque Queen”
-The New York Times
Winner:
Most Innovative &
Most Comedic,
Miss Exotic World
Pageant 2008
Miss Clams Casino
Burlesque star Clams Casino is the daughter that Dolly Parton and Charles Nelson Reilly never had! Called an “NYC Culturemaker” by Time Out New York and a “tassel-twirling sensation” by Flavorpill, Clams is a nationally recognized performer and one of New York's favorite stars of the bump 'n' grind. She can be seen every week bringing her unique mix of sexy hilarity and curvaceous glam to a wide variety of stages across New York City, and to Las Vegas, Boston, New Jersey, Washington DC and around the country. In summer 2008 Clams joined a very small and exclusive club when she was the winner of two coveted trophies, for “Most Innovative” and “Most Comedic” at the World's only international burlesque competition, the Miss Exotic World Pageant, sponsored by the Burlesque Hall of Fame. She is also a Golden Pastie Award winner at the New York Burlesque Festival. Clams has been featured in Italian Glamour, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Post, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Las Vegas Review Journal, the Arizona Republic, and many more.
Clams is also the co-producer and co-star of popular shows in New York and up and down the Eastern Seaboard, including Smells Like Tease Spirit: 90s Burlesque, AM Gold, Bump ‘n’ Grindhouse, Killer Queen Burlesque, Borderline Burlesque: Midnight Madonna Madness, Jackson Family Values: Beat It Burlesque, The Miss Asbury Lanes 1983 Pageant, Battle of the Burlesque Stars and many more! Every month, Clams and host Neil O’Fortune bring you the Gameshow Speakeasy, a live-on-stage game show at the Slipper Room on the Lower East Side.
You can join Clams Casino’s mailing list and find out every month where she’ll turn up next. Everybody digs Clams!
Photo: Paule Saviano
Photo: Ted D’Ottavio
